Daily U.S. Casualties 4/2/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 4/2/2004

As of Thursday, 596 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq a year ago, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 404 died as a result of hostile action and 192 died of nonhostile causes, the department said.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 458 U.S. soldiers have died, according to the military.

Since the start of military operations, 3,022 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Nonhostile injured numbered 444.

There were no new deaths reported by the military.

The latest identifications reported by the military and family members:


Army Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson, 45, Conway, N.H.; died Tuesday in a vehicle accident in Iraq; assigned to 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo.


Army Pvt. Brandon Lee Davis, 20, Cresaptown, Md.; among five soldiers killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded under his vehicle near Fallujah; assigned to 1st Engineer Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

[Mari333]

1. more this morning, over 600 now

and the US public doesnt seem to care much. I stand every Friday with their pictures for half an hour in front of the Post office, with a group of people, and people wave and honk, but lots of people turn their heads.
I would like to think they cared, somewhere inside.

[yelladawg]

2. But they will visit

People will come to look at their names on a wall 20 years from now and ask why did they die?